We've been having fun though. This beautiful self-portrait shows the great big pile of dirt that we had delivered. 15cubic yards of topsoil. It's beautiful stuff, but sure is a lot of work to move around. I've been slowly moving it, one shovel full at a time.
Something theological about working in the dirt, especially in lent. God said to Adam,
"cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Last Sunday our gospel story was the story about Jesus spitting in the dirt and making mud to heal a blind man. I think there is a powerful and creative connection between all this dirt. First God scooped up the clay and made humans, and being mortal creatures we will return to the dirt, finally Jesus uses that same dirt to bring healing and restoration, dare we say new life, to the blind man.
Our Lenten journey continues, the days are getting brighter and we are getting closer to Easter, but we still have good Friday, the cross, and the waiting.
Several readers emailed me commenting on my last post, I'd still love to hear what sort of conversations that article generated or perhaps what moved in you. Thanks for keeping in touch.
1 comment:
Mark I can't believe Aaron came across your blog! I've been perusing it and I'm really enjoying it. Congratulations on everything...marriage, a house, becoming a pastor, and breaking all those beer bottles. There's the Mark I remember, lol. Oh yeah, it's me, Jamie White from Craig and Aaron Framke. We live in Hobart, WA near Issaquah.
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